hifenização
Portuguese, noun/i.fe.ni.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
hifenização is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hyphenation (joining words or syllables with a hyphen)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de colocar corretamente o hífen em palavras compostas”.
What does hifenização mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehyphenation (joining words or syllables with a hyphen)
- 2
femininehyphenation (breaking of a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de colocar corretamente o hífen em palavras compostas.
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hifenização
- hifenizações plural
- hifenação alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hifenização?
- Brazil /i.fe.ni.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [i.fe.ni.zaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /i.fɨ.ni.zɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hifenização
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hifenização in Portuguese?
hifenização appears about once in every 63 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).